Airport Marina Hotel

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Airport Marina Hotel
Airport Marina Hotel
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Location8601 Lincoln Boulevard
CompletedDecember 1962
OpenedJanuary 1963
Design and construction
Architect(s)Welton Becket

The Airport Marina Hotel was an 800-room, first-class hotel located at the 8601 Lincoln Boulevard at the southwest corner of Manchester Avenue, in Westchester, Los Angeles, near Los Angeles International Airport. Its architect was Welton Becket; it was completed in December 1962 and opened in January 1963. At opening it had a shopping center with Joseph Magnin, a specialty department store, pharmacy, drugstore, bank and a 32-lane bowling alley. [1] [2] Hawaii-based Amfac bought the hotel (which by then had grown to 800 rooms) and shopping center leasehold in 1968 for $3.7 million and a share of future profits. Amfac started operating them in January 1969 under their Fred Harvey division. The hotel was later known as the Furama Hotel, [3] then (as of 2016) Custom Hotel. [4] The grounds are now the site of the Playa de Oro apartment complex (with ground floor retail), while the tower continues operating as a boutique hotel, the Hotel June (8639 Lincoln). [5]

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References

  1. "Airport hotel completed". Los Angeles Times. December 23, 1962.
  2. "Airport Hotel Part of Planned Development". Los Angeles Times. September 10, 1961.
  3. "Furama Hotel", Emporis [ dead link ]
  4. Dukesherer, David "Duke" (October 2016). "Looking Back: a Brief History of Westchester". Westchester/Playa Hometown News. p. 9. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  5. Hotel June on Google Maps, accessed October 11, 2020

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